Showing 1-16 of 150 Results.
John Osborne 'Don't Need The Sunshine' is a humorous journey around Britain's seaside holiday destinations. | George Bradshaw A guide to Europe's rail network on the very brink of the First World War. Published in 1913, it is divided into three sections: timetables for services covering the continent... |
Stuart Maconie Deals with the places, people and events that have shaped modern Britain. Starting with the death of Queen Victoria, to the Battle of the Somme and the General Strike, and... | Marco Polo A superbly illustrated, silk-bound gift edition of one of the greatest travel adventures - Marco Polo set out from Venice along ancient trade routes to the court of Kublai Khan... |
Karl Pilkington The Follow-up to the Massive No.1 Bestseller | The Gentle Author A wonderful collection of authentic, colourful stories of life in the heart of London's East End, selected from the popular blog Spitalfields Life. |
Artemis Cooper The authorized biography | Jeremy Seal The course of the Meander is so famously indirect that the river's name has come to signify digression - an invitation Jeremy Seal is duty-bound to accept while travelling the... |
Peter Hessler Full of extraordinary encounters and details of life beyond Beijing, Country Driving is an unforgettable, unique portrait of the country that will likely shape all our lives in the century... | Tom Fort Many years ago, Tom Fort drove his little red car onto the ferry at Felixstowe, bound for all points east. Eastern Europe was still a faraway place, just emerging from... |
Michael Kerr Bon Voyage is an indispensable companion for your cabin, or even for a deckchair up on the sun deck. | Ernest Hemingway Written for the Toronto Star between 1920 and 1924, this selection of pieces focusses on Paris. This work tackles such topics as 'Living on $1,000 a year in Paris', 'American... |
Agatha Christie; Mathew Prichard Unpublished for 90 years, Agatha Christie's extensive and evocative letters and photographs from her year-long round-the-world trip to South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and America as part of the... | Billy Connolly * The tie-in to a major ITV 1 series in which the Big Yin takes the ultimate road trip. * A classic combination of travel, humour, music, and modern American... |
Steffan Meyric Hughes Using the forgotten waterways of the capital, sailor Steffan Meyric Hughes records the first journey around London entirely by boat. | Michael Kerr This is an anthology that will appeal to the railway buff and the armchair traveller alike. |